Disciples History & Polity Course

This course is offered biennially by the CCIW Ministry Committee for commissioned ministers, students attending non-Disciple seminaries, ordained clergy seeking transfer of ordination, and U.C.C. clergy wanting to have Ordained Minister Partner standing with the Disciples of Christ.  A reflective paper on the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will be required following the course as a fulfillment of the course requirements.
  
The next course will be offered June 25-29, 2012.  Click for the Registration Form.  Resources for the course include:  Mark Toulouse's Joined in Discipleship:  the Shaping of Contemporary Disciples Identity  (The Introduction and Chapters 1-5) and Duane Cummins, The Disciples:  A Struggle for Reformation.  Below are other course resources which you can download to begin preparation for the course:

• The Design for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
• Thomas Campbell's Declaration & Address
• Barton Stone's Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery
• Theological Foundations & Policies & Criteria for the Ordering of Ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - current version approved by the General Assembly in July 2011.

A Disciples History & Polity Course is also offered "on-line"  through Missouri School of Religion or Phillips Theological Seminary.